hi team, I submitted my app "10x Trading" for an app update with just minor changes to the ui ux. Its been stalled in "in review" for 12 days now which I know it highly unusual. We have functions and bugs we really need fix for our users blocked by this long wait. My account is under this email. We are not in waiting or pending, we have been in actual review for 12 days.

I have a binary that successfully install & run on my Mac, that is build with codesign and pkgbuild with "Developer ID Application" and "Developer ID Installer" identities. I cannot figure out how to transform this pkg into a distribution package that fits with App Store and TestFlight. Xcode builds it fine and can run it seemingly, but cannot provide the App Store Distribution option in Organizer after creation of Archive. (Only Custom option.) I probably may not be able to specify properly the build Target as Release (don't know where to specify). (pkgbuild ->) productbuild -> Transporter is also an option, but don't know how to properly specify the productbuild --component options... I have a developer program and can generate the Apple developers certificate fine, such as "3rd Party Mac Developer Application/Installer". A pkg codesign'ed by them was rejected by the notarization process. My application is C and can be started again as New project from Xcode as "MacOS Command-Line Tool", so in other words my question can be said as "how can I organize a MacOS Command-line tool to conform as App Store distribution?" I am checking documents but so far cannot get the proper document. Any pointing to a document is appreciated.

Hello, I am seeking advice or assistance regarding a significant delay in the review process for my app, Preppy (App ID: 6443527187). The app has been on the App Store for over 4 years and has been featured as "App of the Day" on three separate occasions. We have always maintained a good standing, but we are currently facing an unprecedented bottleneck that is negatively impacting our users. The Timeline: Version 2.6: Approved successfully ~3 weeks ago. Version 2.6.1: Submitted shortly after to address a critical bug. It was rejected due to the screenshots (which were the same as in 2.6), but I changed them according to the feedback. It remained in review for another 7 days. Even after requesting an expedited review, there was no movement anymore. Action taken: I rejected the build and resubmitted with a new build and updated screenshots again, hoping it would help. It sat for another 5 days with no status change again. Phone Support: I spoke with support via phone and was advised to increment the build/version number and resubmit and was told the app is in the expedited queue, so it will be reviewed shortly, which did not happen. Version 2.7: Uploaded 4 days ago with a new version number, updated screenshots yet again, and an improved description. It has been stuck in "Waiting for Review" since then. I have sent multiple emails to the App Review team explaining that this update contains a critical bugfix. Because of this delay, we are now receiving a wave of negative 1-star reviews from users who are experiencing the bug that is already fixed in the pending build. I have had no response to my follow-up emails, and the "Contact Us" forms haven't resulted in any updates. Has anyone else experienced this recently with a long-standing app? Is there any other way to escalate this beyond the standard expedited review form (which has already been used)? Thank you for any help or guidance.

Hello Everyone, I have recently purchased an app and its source code and am currently reviewing its metadata and functionality to make sure my upcoming update complies with the App Store Review Guidelines. The app was previously removed from the App Store as it had some screenshots showing WhatsApp's name. My intention is to make any necessary changes before submitting the next version for review. I would like to understand whether it is permitted under the App Store Review Guidelines to use the term “Whats” or "WA" as an app title. For reference, I am attaching links to several apps currently available on the App Store that appear to use “Whats” in their title and also in their app name. I understand that the presence of similar apps does not necessarily mean the wording is permitted, which is why I am writing to request clarification before submitting my update. Example Popular Live Apps with the Same Name: https://apps.apple.com/mx/app/whats-web-watsapp-web/id6444021754 https://apps.apple.com/mx/app/whats-web-para-whatsapp/id6471455409 https://apps.apple.com/mx/app/whats-web-whatsweb-chat-app/id6464555232 https://apps.apple.com/mx/app/whats-web-dual-app-para-wa/id6720725024 https://apps.apple.com/mx/app/whats-web/id6444548565 https://apps.apple.com/mx/app/whats-web-dual-messenger/id6476896406 https://apps.apple.com/mx/app/whats-web-app-clonar/id1635526052 https://apps.apple.com/mx/app/whats-web-dual-app-messenger/id6738838803 https://apps.apple.com/mx/app/whatsweb-click-to-chat/id6479015034 And there are like 20 more of these with the same name. Please note that I checked these examples in the Mexico App Store. They may appear with different names in other storefronts. Please advise, Thank you for your guidance!

Hi, My app LiveShift passed review in its first two versions without this issue. After that, I added more native functionality, including a monthly calendar with shift templates, but now the app keeps getting rejected under Guideline 2.3.1(a) and 4.2. The rejection says the app has hidden features and feels similar to a web browsing experience. That’s confusing to me because the app is fully native, has no webview or embedded website, and all features are available through the main tabs: Home, Calendar, Shifts, and Settings. The app includes real-time shift tracking, Live Activities / Dynamic Island, shift history, overtime and extra pay rules, notifications, export, and now Calendar planning. Has anyone had this happen after adding more features? Would better Review Notes, a demo video, or an appeal be the best next step?

Hello, I have recently received a trademark infringement claim against my app. The claim did not specify exactly how I am infringing, or supply any other actionable information. However they did mention they filed at the USPTO. Nevertheless I pulled my app from the U.S app store to prevent any unintentional infringement, and contacted the complainants to resolve the situation. It's been a few weeks since then and I haven't heard anything from the complainants. Meanwhile Apple is reminding me to resolve this conflict. Does anybody here have any advice on how to proceed? I have tried getting in touch with AppStoreNotices@apple.com but they do not appear to reply. Thanks!

Hello everyone, my initial app release (Version 1.0) has been stuck in the 'Waiting for Review' status for 6 days now. It is a comprehensive app that includes localization for 14 different languages. I understand that initial submissions and extensive localizations can take longer to review, but 6 days seems unusually long. Is anyone else experiencing similar extended delays with App Review recently? Any insights would be appreciated. Thank you.

All my business documents are in an active state, including the Part XX of the Income Tax Act (necessary for Canadians), but app.store connect won't let me bundle subcriptions or in-store payements with my app or let me submit it b/c is says I'm not in compliance. It's incredibly frustrating b/c it must be an internal error. anyone else having this issue?

Hello, My app MayBeauty (iOS 1.0) was approved by Apple on April 24, 2026, but it is still not visible on the App Store in any of the 27 EU countries, including France. The issue: In App Store Connect > Business > Compliance, the "Digital Services Act" status has been stuck on "In Review" since April 20, 2026 (12 days ago). The entry is not clickable, so I cannot update or complete anything on my end. All other settings are correct: Contracts (free + paid apps): Active Bank account (Crédit Mutuel, France): Active Tax forms (W-8BEN): Active App status: Ready for Sale Has anyone experienced this delay? Is there a way to escalate beyond Developer Support? Thank you.

I've exhausted standard channels and we're at the point where this delay is creating real financial harm for our business and our customers. App ID: 6761686513 Our initial submission was reviewed within 2 hours and we received feedback. We addressed every item in the rejection, resubmitted, and the app has now been sitting in "Waiting for Review" for with no movement. We submitted an expedited review request, contacted Apple Developer Support by phone, and emailed. None of which have produced a clear answer or estimated timeline. Today, May 1st, was our planned hard launch. We have hundreds of paid subscribers: small business owners who specifically scheduled their first billing cycle to begin on launch day so they could use the platform's full feature set, including the iOS app, from day one. Our app supports their booking system, payment processing, client management, and day-to-day operations. Because the app didn't get approved in time: We had to issue full refunds to every subscriber charged today, since they're paying for a product they can't fully use. Our subscribers are now in limbo. They've already onboarded their clients onto our system and are running their businesses through it, but the iOS experience that was promised at launch isn't available. Each additional day of delay compounds this. Our small team is fielding messages from subscribers asking when the app will be live, and we don't have an answer to give them because we don't have one ourselves. I understand review times vary and the queue is real, and I'm not trying to jump the line unfairly. But the advised 24–48 hour window hasn't held this round. Our initial review came back the same calendar day we submitted, and we resubmitted within hours of receiving the feedback. We're now far past that original turnaround with no signal that anything is moving, and no response from expedited review or Developer Support to indicate where we stand. If anyone from Apple sees this and can take a look at App ID 6761686513. I'd be incredibly grateful. Happy to share any other detail that helps. We just want to get unstuck. Thank you.

Hello, I am seeking assistance with our submission that appears to be stuck in the "Waiting for Review" stage. While our previous updates were processed quickly, this version has seen no movement for a significant period across multiple attempts. App Details: App Name: Koda: Cozy Self-Care App ID: 6758280298 Version: 1.1.8 We have already tried reaching out through apple support and already requested an Expedited App Review but we're still stuck in 'Waiting for Review' status. We have contacted Developer/App Review Support as well, but received no response from them. Our Case ID is 102880034374. We are concerned there may be a technical issue or a status preventing the build from reaching a reviewer's queue. Could someone from the team please verify if this submission is active and correctly queued? This is a critical release for us, including our new "End of Month" feature and bug fixes/improvements. Despite multiple attempts we have been unable to resolve the issue. Thank you for your time and help.

Hello, I've been trying the last week trying to get my app approved for the App Store. It's my first app and I'm not really sure what's going on. My app is getting rejected due to "App Completeness". Here's the rejection message: App Review Guideline Issue This is an automated message. The review of this submission cannot proceed. See below for more information. The app crashed after the initial launch. Apps that crash negatively impact users. Test the app on supported devices to identify and resolve crashes and stability issues before resubmitting for review. Learn more about testing a release build. When we submitted the first time we got rejected because our Apple sign in did not auto fill the user's name and we didn't have the EULA Link in the description. So the app didn't crash here as a tester sent screenshots and was in our app. We resubmitted and then we started getting these crashes. I examined the code we added from the first revision and tested the start up and everything worked fine on ours and our 30+ beta testers end. The thing is we're not getting a crash log from Apple testers or Apple's automated tester (if automated testing exists?). We are creating a fitness app that implements HealthKit. We have the required HealthShare and HealthUpdate messages in the signing and capabilities of our target. I'm not sure this would be the issue since the app actually executed the first run though. I've researched and some articles did say long load times on bad internet could make iOS terminate an app. So we worked to get our initial load network calls down from 10 seconds to about 1-2 seconds. This did not work either. We are using SwiftData to cache exercises fetched from our backend locally but we haven't made any changes to the entity's. So I wouldn't expect bad data to cause a crash especially because we flush even if it were bad data anyway. I've ran with instruments to see if this was a memory issue: With an Authed User with data loaded it gets to about 33MiB With a fresh install memory usage is about 17MiB I did have a point of interest in my profile: api.revenuecat.com is not listed in your app’s NSPrivacyTrackingDomain key in any privacy manifest. It may be following users across multiple apps and websites to create a profile about users of apps that contact this domain. I don't use revenue cat for tracking for Ads so I probably shouldn't add it to the NSPrivacyTrackingDomain right? I'm really lost here any advice would be much appreciated. I guess my questions are if Apple has an automating testing environment how can I closely match that for testing on my end? If this is an actual tester why am I not getting a crash log or steps to repeat this issue? Has anyone else experienced the pain I'm currently suffering?

Our app update has been stuck in “Waiting for Review” for more than 8 days, and it appears the submission may have been overlooked or affected by a system issue on Apple's system. App ID: 1600450223 Bundle ID: com.asbing.woomanager Version: 5.3.1 What we’ve already tried: Requested an Expedited App Review Contacted Developer/App Review Support, but received no response (Case ID: 102878632497) Cancelled and resubmitted the update, but it remains in “Waiting for Review” for several days Could you please confirm whether this update is still in the review queue or if any issues are blocking the review? This is a critical release for us, and despite multiple attempts, we have been unable to resolve the issue.

Hello App Review Team, I’m reaching out regarding my first app release, Smala. App ID: 6762228514 Bundle ID: SmalaApp.Smala The app has now remained in Waiting for Review status for 8 days. I also submitted an expedited review request, which was approved, but the status has still not changed. This delay is creating significant launch issues for our team, as this release is time-sensitive. We would sincerely appreciate any assistance or status update when possible. Thank you very much for your time.

Hi, I had developed a app with IAP that works perfectly on my own device and simulators. But somehow Apple rejected it, stating it as "App loaded non-stop when we tapped on the upgrade to pro button" as of Guideline 2.1 - Performance - App Completeness. This really confused me. As i did some research, I found out that this was (hopefully) not my problem, but Apple's testing environment, since there are many similar posts. If anyone could explain what to do, that would be a great help. Thanks!

Hello Apple Developer Community, We are very excited to release our first apps on the App Store. I wanted to kindly ask for guidance because our first submissions appear to be taking longer than expected, and we want to make sure there is nothing missing or blocking the review process from our side. Our first app has been waiting for more than 15 days in total. App ID: 6761379839 Latest Submission ID: 8e767ece-a348-469a-9230-7e695e84ca44 After we first submitted the app, it entered review on the first day. App Review then requested a screen recording / walkthrough video. We prepared and submitted the requested screen recording immediately. After that, the submission did not appear to move forward for an extended period. While waiting, we continued development and completed a newer version of the app. Since the older submission had not progressed, we removed the previous build and submitted the newer version with an updated screen recording. One thing we noticed is that the subscription and in-app purchase products for this app appear to be “In Review.” We are not sure if this is expected behavior because the app version itself still appears to be waiting, or if there may be some kind of dependency or review state issue causing the submission to remain stuck. We also contacted Apple Developer Support regarding this situation. Case ID: 102882849875 We have another app on the same account that is also waiting for review. App ID: 6762281533 Submission ID: 0e4b607e-9e28-4d13-9c2a-98afe8c2e9aa This second app has been waiting for around 3 days. Could someone please advise or help us. Thank you very much.

My app Perfkt Music (Bundle ID: com.perfktmusic.app, App ID: 6763551647) has been rejected multiple times under Guideline 2.1.0 App Completeness because it crashes on launch on iOS 26.4.2 devices (iPad Air 11-inch M3 and iPhone 17 Pro Max). App Setup: Expo SDK 54.0.0 React Native 0.81.0 Built with Xcode 26 (macos-sequoia-15.5-xcode-26.0 image on EAS) Bundle ID: com.perfktmusic.app Crash Details from Apple's crash log: Exception: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) Termination: abort() called Faulting thread: com.meta.react.turbomodulemanager.queue Stack trace shows: __pthread_kill -> pthread_kill -> abort -> __abort_message -> demangling_terminate_handler -> _objc_terminate -> std::__terminate -> __cxa_rethrow -> objc_exception_rethrow The crash occurs in the TurboModule manager queue. The app does NOT crash on iOS 25 or any prior public release. What I have tried: newArchEnabled: true newArchEnabled: false buildReactNativeFromSource: true UIDeviceFamily: [1] (iPhone only) Multiple SDK versions Questions: Is this a known issue with React Native TurboModules on iOS 26.4.2? What is the exact fix needed for an Expo managed workflow app to pass App Store review on iOS 26.4.2? Is there a specific build configuration, package version, or code change that resolves this crash? Apple's App Review team directed me to the Developer Forums for assistance. Any guidance from Apple engineers or developers who have successfully passed review on iOS 26 would be greatly appreciated.

Hello App review Team, Our app have been stuck in awaiting review since Mar 29, 2026 at 10:40 AM and no feedback. Submission ID a2eef372-33d9-4fca-88e5-8629cee7a7e4, Is there a reason for this long waiting.When can we expect the review to proceed? Thank you very much for your time and assistance.

I would like to be able to price my app with different tiers with increasing number of increasing device installations ie smal 2 devices, family2-4, community - 100+ what is the best way to do this if it can be.

My Apple Developer Program membership expired on April 22, 2026, and the auto-renewal did not process. The Renew button is not showing anywhere. I have tried the following without success: Apple Developer app on iPhone and Mac developer.apple.com/account App Store Connect (both Paid Apps and Free Apps Agreements show as Expired) Settings > Subscriptions on all devices My apps have been removed from the App Store. I submitted a support request several days ago but have not received any response. I also requested a callback through developer.apple.com/contact but no one connected. I am ready to complete the payment immediately but there is simply no Renew option available. Could anyone advise or could Apple staff please assist?